> The first bug that eats plastic was discovered in a Japanese waste dump in 2016. In 2009, a Taiwanese high-school student (Tseng I-ching) discovered a bacter

> The first bug that eats plastic was discovered in a Japanese waste dump in 2016. In 2009, a Taiwanese high-school student (Tseng I-ching) discovered a bacterium that decomposes polystyrene [0]. I think she deserves credit for starting this field of research. [0] https://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=10,23,45,10&post=15307 https://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=10,23,45,10&post=15307